Clifford
Ormsby: " When a breeder does establish a good line, he will do
well to keep his quality and not slip backwards. It is not easy as his
best dogs get old and perhaps an outcross becomes necessary. Knowledge,
advice, and criticism are always free as water but, as we see breeder
after breeder fall by the wayside, one realizes determination and work
are most important."

Clifford
Ormsby: "It's important to keep the breed strong, and sound and
healthy."

Alberta
Ormsby: "They're terriers. ..Character is that they act like
terrier, act like a Staff."

Clifford
Ormsby: " So, if you start in with stuff that is already close
bred, that's when you're going to get in trouble.."

Clifford
Ormsby: "You 've got to have an outcross now and then,
too....Sometimes you think you're outcrossing and you're not outcrossing
as much as you think."

I
hope these pages of the X-Pert Bloodline history were interesting for
you.

Svetlana
Korina

Clifford
passed away in 1996. He devoted all his life to this wonderful breed.
Here are his words: " Well, I was always
interested in animals and dogs from the time I was a little kid....I
remember my first experience. I was going to spend my summer vacation
with my aunt and uncle over on the Vandermark and they said, "Don't
touch Buster, he bites." Well, hell, I had Buster under my thumb in
nothing flat Nothing to it. They thought that I was remarkable, because
others hadn't manipulated him the way I had, you know."

March 3, 2001 we recieved very sad news from Dorothy Ormsby....Her mom,
Alberta J. Ormsby passed away. Bert had heart attack... She was Grand
lady. Like Peggy said in Memoriam, Bert was the Judge to the end.